...a writer without authority? Impossible. as Kenneth Burke says, creation implies authority in the sense of originator....
We__e at this really unique time, I think, in trans representation in popular culture where homelessness, depression, mental health issues, instability-in-general are still so very real and need to be talked about, but we__e aware that they__e dominated __rans_ stories for years and years. And we__e now finally at a place where we__e seeing some really positive representations of trans folks in pop culture, and there__ this new pressure -- at least, I feel it, within trans and trans-ally communities -- to only focus on the positive. Because we__e trying, in some sense, to overcompensate for the years and years of too much negativity. As a writer, you might feel a pressure to push the negative stuff away. But there are consequences for that too. Anyone who__ working with trans characters right now is going to have to reconcile that tension.
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We__e at this really unique time, I think, in trans representation in popular culture where homelessness, depression, mental health issues, instability-in-general are still so very real and need to be talked about, but we__e aware that they__e dominated __rans_ stories for years and years. And we__e now finally at a place where we__e seeing some really positive representations of trans folks in pop culture, and there__ this new pressure -- at least, I feel it, within trans and trans-ally communities -- to only focus on the positive. Because we__e trying, in some sense, to overcompensate for the years and years of too much negativity. As a writer, you might feel a pressure to push the negative stuff away. But there are consequences for that too. Anyone who__ working with trans characters right now is going to have to reconcile that tension.
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